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Homily for Palm Sunday, Year A
Finding Ourselves in the Passion Is 50: 4-7; Psalm 22; Phil 2:6-11; Matt 26:14-27:66 Today we begin the Most Holy Week. Palm Sunday ushers us into one of the most dramatic moments of the Christian year. We begin with celebration—palm branches waving, voices raised in hope—yet the liturgy quickly turns toward the stark narrative of Christ’s…
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Homily for the Fifth Sunday of Lent, Year A
I am the resurrection and the life Ezekiel 37:12-14, Psalm 129, Romans 8:8-11, John 11:1-45 We celebrate today the fifth Sunday of Lent, the last Sunday before the Holy Week, the most important week in Christendom, the week we celebrate the great mysteries of our faith: the passion, death and resurrection of Christ our savior.…
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Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Lent, Year A
Heal our blindness, Lord 1Sam 16:1. 6-13; Psalm 22; Eph 5:8-14; Jn 9:1-41 As an old and experienced judge who had studied how the first king (Saul) had failed, Samuel had his own ideas about whom God would choose. But God chose the most unlikely candidate, namely, David, the shepherd boy, the youngest son of Jesse. The…
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Homily for the Third Sunday of Lent, Year A
Christ, the Source of Living Water Exodus 17:3-7; Psalm 94; Romans 5:1-2, 5-8; John 4:5-42 To understand today’s readings and symbolism, we must first understand the liturgical meaning of these coming Sundays of Lent, that is, the 3rd, 4th and 5th. In the Early Church, the Church used the Lenten period to prepare the catechumens…
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Homily for the First Sunday of Lent, Year A
Our temptations Genesis 2:7-9, 3:1-7, Psalm 50, Romans 5:12-19, Matthew 4:1-11 Every year on the First Sunday of Lent, the Church leads us into the desert with Jesus. Not to frighten us. Not to overwhelm us. But to show us something essential: The temptations Jesus faced are the same temptations we face. And the way…
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Homily for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
The choices we make Sir 15: 15-20; Psalm 118; 2Cor 2, 6-10; Matt 5:17-37 As Sirach says, each person must choose between life and death … and whichever one chooses will be given. The choices we make every day have a life or death quality. Every day we are choosing in one direction or the…
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Homily for Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
Vocation to radiate the Light on others Isaiah 8: 23-9:3; Psalm 27:1, 4,13-14; 1Corinthians 1:10-13,17; Matthew 4:12-23 Our readings speak about a light shining upon those in darkness. The light brings hope of better days, of the fulfillment of the Reign of GOD. The light empowers the people to do whatever GOD is asking them to do. In…
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Homily for the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
Here, I am Lord, I come to do your will – a call to holiness Isaiah 49:3. 5-6; Psalm 39; 1Corinthians 1:1-3; John 1:29-34 The Lord said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, through whom I show my glory… I will make you a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to…
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Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year A
What’s in a name? Isaiah 7:10-14, Psalm 23: 1-6, Romans 1:1-7, Matthew 1:18-24 The First reading presents us with the lack of faith and skepticisim. In fact, King Ahaz could be honoured as the patron of skeptics. He simply would not rely on God to help him through the greatest crisis in his life. In…
Fr. Valentine Umoh 